Electronic localization in organic conjugated polymers.

Abstract

Conjugated polymers are promising organic materials for the development of photovoltaic devices, and the main opto-electronic features are currently under intense study. Concerning the effects induced by disorder effects, conjugation break and localization are supposed to be determinant in the observed properties. As expected the localization of electronic states has dramatic counterparts in the charge carrier mobility and in the exciton formation/dissociation processes.